Button



(No Model.)

D. R. CHILD.

BUTTON, STUD, &c.

No. 361,862. PatentedApr. 26, 1887;

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DANIEL R. CHILD, OF NORTH SWANSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,862, dated April 26, 1887. Application filed July 8, 1886. Serial No. 207,394. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL R. CHILD, of North Swansea, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, Studs, 850., of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to what are known as lever buttons or studs, in which the shoe or head is arranged to tilt upon the post or stem in such manner as to lie either across the end of the post or in alignment with said post. As heretofore constructed it has been difficult in making these buttons or studs to unite the shoe and its holdingspring to the post, owing to the peculiar character of such parts. Moreover, the previous forms have been deficient in durability, owing to the complicated character of their parts, and have, for the same reason, been objectionable in appearance.

The objects of my invention are to produce a button or stud of this class in which the operation of making up the shoe and of attaching it to the post shall be greatly simplified, thereby reducing the cost of such articles, and in which the appearance of the button shall be free from all objectionable features.

To the above purposes my invention consists in the peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved button or stud, the shoe beingin its normal position. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of thesame, the shoe being shown in tilted position. Fig. 3 is a similar view on a plane at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section ofFig. 1, on an enlarged scale, showing the shoe in section. Fig. 5 isa similar view on a plane at right angles to Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the plate E in detached condition and inverted.

In the said drawings, A designates the base of the button, and B designates the post or shank or stem, which is either formed upon or secured to the base in the usual or any preferred manner. The base and the post may be either of solid or plated metal. At its upper portion thepost B is formed with the crosspiece 12, which, together with said post, forms a T-shaped body, furnishing lateral bearings for the movable shoe.

0 designates the circular shoe-cap of the button, and this part may be either solid or plated metal, ornamented upon its outer surface in any suitable 0r preferred manner, and substantially of the general form shown.

D and E designate two plates, which are of such size as to fit snugly in the under side of the shoe, and which are held therein by the inwardly-turned edge or margin 0 of the shoecap. The press-plate D is of such form as to entirely fill the space beneath the shoe-cap, and is placed next to the same. The hingeplate E is of substantially the shape shown in Fig. 6, and in any event said plate is formed with the central longitudinal slot, 6, the sides 6 of which are bent down into arched form, as shown. This hinge-plateis placed next beneath the press-plate D, and, as before stated, is secured by the inturned edge a of the shoecap G.

The hinge-plate E is formed in peculiar outlines, as clearly indicated in Fig. 6. The two opposite ends m of the plate are formed curved in equal arcs of a circle, about the size of the circumference of the pressplate D. The two opposite sides of the hinge-plate are cut away, as at n. By virtue of this peculiar format-ion of the hinge-plate I am enabled to secure a very efficient spring action of the hinged shoe, since said plate is held by the rim of the shoe-cap only at the respective ends m, which form comparatively small holding portions for the plate, and thereby allow the action of the hinge-plate to be freer than if said plate were circular and held around its entire circumference. This construction of the hinge-plate I deem an important advantage in hinged-shoe buttons.

In putting the button or stud together the T end b of the post B is first passed through the slot 6 of the hingeplate E-sa-id slot being of sufficient length for the purpose-and the post is turned so as to bring the arms of its T-head over the concave sides of the arches e. The shoe-cap G, into which the press-plate D has been previously inserted, isnow taken up, and thehinge-plate E, with the post and its base attached thereto, is inserted into the shoe-cap. The button is now chucked in a lathe, and the rim 0 of the shoe-cap G is now spun inward, so as to hold the plates D E in the shoe-cap and secure the parts together as a movable shoe.

The requisite springaction is produced by imparting to either the press-plate D or to the hinge-plate E, or to both of said plates, a spring temper. Thus when the shoe is in the position illustrated in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, the resilient action of the plate D or E, or both, upon the T end of the post holds said head securely in such position, while when the shoe is tilted, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the resilient action of said plate or plates holds the shoe securely in such tilted position.

It will be evident from the above description that the operation of assembling the parts of the button is very simple, and that the stud or button is unobjectionable in appearance and durable and simple in construction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The hinged-shoe button comprising the combination, with a button-base having a post provided near the free end thereof with two lateral arms, of the hinged shoe composed of a shoe-cap having a spring press-plate seated therein, and of a hinge-plate consisting of a plate formed with the two opposite ends outwardly curved and the opposite sides cut away, and the plate provided with an elongated central slot made longitudinally therein, and having the portions of the plate at each long side of said slot bent up U -shaped from the plate and adapted to engage with their concave faces the arms upon the post, said hinge-plate seated and secured upon the press-plate by the inhaving the slot '6 and arches e, substantially as set forth.

, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

DANIEL R. CHILD.

,XVitnesses:

M. F. BLIGH, J'. A. MILLEn, Jr. 

